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Art . Yl .- ^ Hebrew Tales ; selected and translated from the Writings of ihe Jinoient Hebrew Sages : to wfiitfh is prefixed , an Essay on the Uninspired Literature of the Hebrews . By Hyman Hurwitz , Author of " VTndiciae Hebraicae , " &c . &c . 12 mo . pp 314 . Morrison and Watt , Fenchurch Street . 1826 .
rglHIS is a valuable little volume . JL The author is well known and highly respected . He is one of the few * J $ ws . thJit " ' cultivate letters with . 3 t £ Q 9 U € * anq one ^ or the , still re > ver that w > # e % ; J ^ filfr lajo ^ age , wit ] i j > r ^ piriet ^ ^ nd ^ ^ ven ^ elqgaacie . This , A ) $ tinetiouhe jnay . owe to his acquitance with one of the etuineEtf winters
t > f the day , Mr . Coleridge , whom he names with gratitude and respeet * and from whose work , "The Priend ;" three of the Tales are borrowed ; : * Mr . Hurwitz gives the folk * # in £ Explanation of the sourcel frbnx which he has derived his Tales :
C They have been selected' fromthe writings of the ancient Hebretfte ; who flourished in the five first centuries after the destruction of Jerusalem ; and are known to the learned by the names of the Talmud , Medrashim , &c . " Of the Tatmudy the principal subject is the Traditional Law , and to this the
far larger portion of the work is devoted . But , likewise , there are found in it , dispersed over its multifarious pages , Sayings and Narrationsj under the common name Agadetha . * These scattered portions of the Talitiiitf , &s well £ s the MedrasMtn * cow tain .
I £ ff ; Explanations of Scriptural texts , and the many and various ways in which the &&te £ "passages may be interpreted . 2 nd . Mystical , and often very curious allnstons . 3 rtl . Philosophical opinions concealed under the veil of Allegory . 4 th . Aphorisms and moral sentiments , illustrated by fefmites ^ ud parables , and by
narratives , spmetimes real and sometimes ' ffctirioii » . It is to the last class , 4 Hat riiaW WiikiiM ta ^ eittra < rts ; and Xtni ^ foVni tfi ^ sul 9 ^ tti ktte r of the fol-; JShmk p ^^^ jp ^^ iu ^ m i Ste ; - > . ^ ftwi 5 xmdw *> w ) k ) wpI ^^ Arw UM a >( ' ' '¦ l V .- -H - '/ Illft / - * * * ; r - f . r f \ .,, ,., •; . ..
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^^ S ^ MS& ^ i ^ t ; <*¦ T ^ J ^^ kf ^ HhMum ^ mi ^^^^ ct During ; bia « Qarcli t <* j cotiqiifer ^ woi ^ l , A ) exaBder tlie Macedouiaqrv &me to a people 4 ft Af « tc ^ wte ( t v ^ eife / ioi a ^ fe ; - raote and secludted corner iu peaceful huts l
^^ ta . A ^ ^ . ^ A H ^ b ^ b ^ ^ m— ^ ^^^ S A . _~ _ ^ 1 - ^^ ' ^ F and knew neither ^ r ii « B * r < joii € { tj eror . They led him to the hu | : of their qhief who received him hospHabJy , "ted placed before hto golden « ddtes , golden figs , aiid bread of gold . ¦ Dtf yoli » tttr gol ^ in t $ i 8 country ?* said Atexao ^ er . * l fake iti fer granted ( replied < the chief ) fch # t bp ^^ ept able to find eatable food ^ ^ io ^^ qwti
country . For wha ^ u reafcip ^^ t ^^ ^ rt thou coia « anjoags ^^ ^ v ^ V ^ a ^ fgold has not , tempted , n ^ hii ^ rj' 4 ^ Ate aader , ' but I would becpiUe . ^ 4 M $$ | ted with your raanneF 3 . a « d v ^ poni $ j £ ~ ^ % &o be it , ' rejoined the other : * sojouhx among t&as ' lotig $ [ $ it pleaseth ttje ^ . * A ^ ih e close of this con versatton two VftHeos
entered , as into their cOirrt of J ustice The plaintiff said , * I bought of this maa a piece of land , and as 1 was makiagva deep drain through it , I found a treasure . This is not mine , for I only bargained for the la ad , and not for any treasure that might be concealed beneath it ; and y « t the farmer owner of the laud will not
receive it . ' The defendant answered , Miope-1 have a conscience , as ivell ^ as nly fellow-citizen , 1 sold him the jland with all its contingent , as well as existing ^ advantages , and consequently the treasure inclusively . ' ** The chief , who was at the same time
their supreme judge , recapitulated theiF words , in order that the parties might see whether or not he understood them aright . Then , after some reflection , said , * Thou hast a son , friend , I believe ? ' * Yes /—' And thuu ( addressing the other ) , a daughter ?' . * Yes . '—> ' Well , then , let thy soa marry thy daughter , aud bestow the treasure on the youi > g cou $ > le for a marriage portion / ;
' ^ Alexander seemed surprised aittdjperple « e « L £ Tb ' mk you - •> i » y > sentence y iOBjust , ? ' the chief a « ked him . * O ^ no !' replied iVlexander * * i > ut kastonislaii ^ Hie / — - * Aud how tiieo / rejoiued vthe vcbief , * would the case have beep , decided in your country ?* * TociaufesaUhie ^ tlHijfe / said Alexander , we sJiOttldobnveitafceii
both parties into eufttody , fend Ha ^ wiwsbw ^ d the intmutv fat the ¦ . ithft ' aJirtfc . I ^^^ Bto (the kiii ^ a / u * e !' , « xfrtoi ( i&tfl xlbe cWirf ' Oot ^ ithetsiio ^ ittttv ^ aiith ^ t / kkttBltBysr * Q yea !* ttt * f , rl > o ^ i 5 itiir ^ nith ^ r ^ VifnAfl-« urjedly / -jtfi Wouditrt ^ lhi rBn ^ t Mei litbei ^ tame-aiiimals iat the cbiiatry , dtkAto H « e an &w fem « fctfei » d > gueeiij ; fevtUar ? f > ^ < Vta * y 1 -. n ri * id 'ia ?»> h '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/42/
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